Factory:
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Engraver:
Vivarès, François
(After)
Soft-paste porcelain coffee pot, transfer-printed in purple and painted onglaze in polychrome enamels with two scenes of classical ruins.
Soft-paste porcelain coffee-pot, transfer-printed in purple, and painted onglaze in yellow, green, brown and blue enamels, and gilt. The pear-shaped coffee-pot has a curved spout and S-scroll handle with scroll thumbpiece, standing on a low footring; the slightly domed cover is surmounted by a conical knob. The coffee pot is decorated on one side with classical ruins, the reverse with two figures crossing a bridge in a landscape dominated by a classical monument, the handle with two gilt trefoils and dots, the spout printed with rocaillerie.
History note: Unknown before Dr W.S. Hadley (d. 25 December 1927), Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Bequeathed by Dr W.S. Hadley
Height: 20.2 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927-12-25) by Hadley, W. S.
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Circa
1765
CE
-
Circa
1770
CE
The landscape with a bridge and fountain is after an engraving by François Vivares, published in 1752, after a painting of 1701 by Pierre Antoine Patel.
Decoration composed of enamels ( yellow, green, brown and blue) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in purple, and painted onglaze in yellow, green, brown and blue enamels, and gilt
Accession number: C.34 & A-1927
Primary reference Number: 33058
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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